LG Gram 17 (2022) Review

Feem ntau ntawm lub teeb pom kev zoo yog cov tshuab me me nrog 13-nti cov ntxaij vab tshaus, tab sis LG Gram 17 (pib ntawm $ 1,599.99, $ 1,799.99 raws li kev sim) rhuav tshem cov pwm los ntawm kev muab qhov dav 17-nti npo, puv keyboard thiab lej ncoo, thiab kev ua haujlwm uas tsuas yog yuav tsis tawm. Tus qauv tshiab tseem yog lub teeb tshaj plaws 17-nti laptop koj tuaj yeem yuav, tab sis nws nce qib dhau xyoo dhau los tus qauv nrog 12th Generation Intel Core i7 processor thiab roj teeb lub neej uas ncav cuag 20-teev cim. Muab pov rau hauv ob peb qhov kev hloov kho tshiab, zoo li 1080p webcam, thiab nws yooj yim rau npe qhov no peb nyiam lub vijtsam loj loj ultraportable laptop.

Featherweight Whopper los ntawm Tsim

Gram 17 yog txhais los ntawm ob qho tseem ceeb. Thawj yog qhov hnyav, lossis tsis muaj qhov ntawd. Kev ntsuas 0.7 los ntawm 14.9 los ntawm 10.2 ntiv tes (HWD), nws yog hais txog qhov loj tib yam li Dell XPS 17 (9720), tab sis nws yog tag nrho 2.3 phaus sib dua. Qhov tseeb, nws yog lub teeb txaus los nyiag hauv qab 3-phaus txwv kom suav tias yog lub khoos phis tawj ultraportable, qhov kev ua tiav zoo xav txog qhov tseeb tias feem ntau lub laptops hauv pawg no muaj cov ntxaij vab tshaus me me.

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Ntau qhov kev thov rov hais dua featherweight yog vim magnesium alloy chassis, uas tswj tsis tau tsuas yog chais tawm ounces, tab sis kuj sawv ntsug rau qee qhov kev tsim txom, txaus kom tau raws li MIL-STD-810 durability tests rau poob siab, kev vibration, kub, thiab ntau. Nws tsis yog qhov nyuaj heev los ua kom nws lub laptop rugged, tab sis Gram 17 tuaj yeem tuav lub neej ntawm txoj kev, thiab lub dav hlau-dub tiav yuav ua rau nws saib kev lag luam-npaj rau txhua qhov xwm txheej.

Lwm qhov kev txhais tshwj xeeb yog 17-nti zaub. Nrog 2,560-by-1,600-pixel daws teeb meem, nws yog qhov zoo dua-tshaj-full-HD zaub nrog 350-nit brightness thiab zoo clarity ua tsaug rau IPS vaj huam sib luag technology. Ib qho screen loj no muaj ntau yam khoom vaj khoom tsev rau txhua yam los ntawm kev tshawb xyuas lub vev xaib thiab tshaj tawm xov xwm mus rau kev kho duab thiab cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws ua haujlwm nrog cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov ntawv nthuav tawm.

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Thaum kuaj lub vaj huam sib luag, peb zoo siab heev rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo. Nrog 100% sRGB thiab 98% DCI-P3 xim luam tawm, nws muaj qee qhov xim zoo tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem tau txais, thiab IPS vaj huam sib luag zoo txawm tias zoo dua ua tsaug rau cov txheej tsis muaj qhov cuam tshuam uas tshem tawm qhov ci. Qhov tsuas yog qhov nws tsis muaj yog kov muaj peev xwm.

Cov neeg hais lus yog qhov chaw tsis muaj zog nyob rau hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws Gram 17, nrog tsuas yog ib khub ntawm 1.5-watt stereo hais lus muab cov suab nrov nruab nrab. Volume tuaj yeem nrov nrov, tab sis nrog me me rau tsis muaj suab bass thaj tsam thiab anemic suab nyob rau hauv nruab nrab- thiab siab-ntau, koj yuav zoo dua los ntawm lub mloog pob ntseg lossis cov neeg hais lus sab nraud.

Kev sib cuam tshuam yooj yim: Kuaj cov Keyboard thiab Touchpad

Tsuas yog saum toj no cov zaub yog puv HD webcam, ua tiav nrog IR sensor rau Windows Nyob zoo lub ntsej muag lees paub thiab kev nkag mus ruaj ntseg. Qhov ntawd yog ib kauj ruam loj los ntawm 720p lub koob yees duab siv rau xyoo tas los Gram 17, thiab siab dua qhov nruab nrab piv nrog 720p lub koob yees duab pom ntawm cov qauv zoo li Dell XPS 17. Thiab ua tsaug rau Intel's 12th Gen hardware, Zoom hu yuav suab zoo dua, ib yam nkaus, nrog AI suab tshem tawm uas lim tawm cov suab nrov tom qab.

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Cov hneev taw loj ntawm 17-nti Gram txhais tau hais tias muaj ntau chav rau cov keyboard puv loj thiab cov lej lej. Nws yog tib cov keyboard siv nyob rau hauv 2021 qauv, uas muaj kev yooj yim typing ua tsaug rau qhov zoo ntsug mus ncig teb chaws thiab ruaj khov keyboards rau txhua tus yuam sij, nrog rau zoo, yooj yim-rau-nyeem ntawv. Cov keyboard kuj tseem muaj lub zog khawm nrog tus nyeem ntiv tes sib xyaw ua ke, yog li koj tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv kev nyab xeeb yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam ntawm tus PIN lossis tus password.

Lub Gram 17 kuj tseem muaj lub siab dav 5.2-los-3.25 nti touchpad, nrog kev txhawb nqa tag nrho thiab kev ua tiav zoo uas yooj yim rau txhua yam ntawm koj swiping thiab scrolling.

Kev Sib Txuas: Tsis Muaj Chaw Nres Nkoj Ntawm No

Rau lub laptop no lub teeb, Gram 17 tsis skimp ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj xaiv. Muaj ib khub ntawm Thunderbolt 4 ports, tag nrho-loj HDMI tso zis, dual USB 3.0 chaw nres nkoj, microSD daim npav qhov, thiab lub mloog pob ntseg suab-tag nrho cov chaw nres nkoj uas ntau lwm lub laptops tam sim no cia siab rau cov chaw thib peb thiab cov hubs los muab.

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Txawm tias muaj ib qho ntawm Thunderbolt 4 USB-C chaw nres nkoj nqa los ntawm lub roj teeb them cable, koj yuav muaj ntau txoj hauv kev los txuas txhua yam los ntawm kev cia yooj yim mus rau lub desktop peripherals.

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Rau kev sib txuas lus thiab kev sib txuas hauv wireless, Gram 17 kuj tau muab tso nrog Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth 5.1, muab rau koj zoo tshaj plaws hauv chav kawm wireless thiab sib raug zoo rau cov khoom siv suab, tshuab luam ntawv, thiab lwm yam.

Kev ntsuas 2022 LG Gram 17: Kev Ua Haujlwm hnyav hnyav los ntawm lub teeb yuag

LG Gram 17 yog ib feem ntawm cov qauv Gram loj dua kab, uas muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm 14 ntiv tes mus rau 17-nti qauv pom hauv peb qhov kev tshuaj xyuas. Tab sis nyob rau hauv qeb 17-nti loj, tsis muaj ntau qhov sib txawv. Peb chav ntsuas los nruab nrog Intel Core i7-1260P processor, uas muaj 12 tag nrho cov cores (plaub qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab yim qhov ua tau zoo), nrog rau Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Nws kuj los nrog 16GB ntawm LPDDR5 RAM thiab 1TB SSD rau kev cia, thiab muag rau $ 1,799.99.

Lwm qhov kev teeb tsa tuaj yeem muaj nrog Core i3 lossis Core i5 CPUs, nrog LPDDR5 nco muaj nyob rau hauv 8GB, 16GB, lossis 32GB faib, thiab dual SSD qhov qhib rau kev nthuav dav. Lub hauv paus qauv muag rau $ 1,599, nrog rau sab saum toj configuration ntxiv txog $ 2,299.

Muab piv rau Gram 17 lub peev xwm ua tau zoo nrog rau lwm lub laptops loj nthuav tawm qee qhov kev lag luam nthuav tawm. Nws tsis muaj ib qho GPU discrete zoo li lub tshuab ua si, thiab nws yog qhov sib zog dua li qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub desktop hloov lub laptop. Tab sis nws tseem zoo ib yam ntawm qhov loj thiab tus nqi rau ib tug xov tooj ntawm 17-nti tshuab, zoo li Acer Aspire 5, gaming-focused Acer Nitro 5, tus nqi pheej yig Dell Inspiron 17 3000, thiab tus nqi ntau Dell XPS 17 (9720). Qhov twg peb tuaj yeem ua tau, peb kuj tau piv cov kev ua tau zoo nrog xyoo tas los tus qauv Gram 17, tab sis peb tau hloov kho ntau yam ntawm peb qhov kev xeem txij thaum ntawd los, yog li tsis muaj ntau qhov kev sib piv peb ua tau.

Peb pib nrog kev ntsuam xyuas cov khoom lag luam, uas ua rau peb muaj kev xav zoo rau qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm processor yuav txhais li cas rau kev siv txhua hnub. UL's PCMark 10 ntsuas qhov kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm rau txhua hnub. Qhov kev ntsuas dav dav no simulates ntau yam Windows cov kev pab cuam los muab qhov qhab nia tag nrho rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm. Cov dej num cuam tshuam nrog xws li cov khoom siv niaj hnub no xws li kev ua cov lus, kev tshawb xyuas lub vev xaib, kev sib tham hauv video, thiab kev txheeb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv. Cov qhab nia siab dua yog qhov zoo dua.

Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive cia subtest, uas ntsuas qhov kev pab cuam lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab qhov kev sib tw ntawm lub khoos phis tawj lub khau raj. Niaj hnub no, qhov ntawd yuav luag ib txwm yog ib qho khoom siv hauv xeev es tsis yog lub zog tsav spinning, ua rau cov qhab nia siab dua.

Maxon's Cinebench yog qhov kev sim CPU uas siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj. Peb siv qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntau tus qauv ntsuas, uas ua haujlwm ntawm txhua tus processor's cores thiab threads - qhov muaj zog dua lub nti, qhov qhab nia siab dua. Cinebench nyiam scale zoo nrog ntau cores thiab threads, nrog rau cov moos ceev dua. Cov qhab nia siab dua qhia txog kev tuav haujlwm zoo dua ntawm processor-intensive workloads.

Primate Labs 'Geekbench yog lwm qhov kev ua haujlwm processor. Nws ua haujlwm ntawm ntau cov tub ntxhais CPU ua haujlwm tsim los simulate cov ntawv thov hauv ntiaj teb xws li PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab.

Stacked tawm tsam txhua yam los ntawm cov tshuab peev nyiaj mus rau lub zog gaming rigs thiab desktop hloov pauv, LG Gram 17 thaj av squarely nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm pob, tshaj tawm cov qhab nia zoo dua li koj yuav pom los ntawm Dell Inspiron 17 3000 lossis Acer Aspire 5, tab sis feem ntau outflanked los ntawm Acer Nitro 5 thiab Dell XPS 17 (9720).

Tom ntej no, peb saib cov peev xwm ntawm cov duab kos. Rau kev sim, peb siv ob qhov sib txawv ntawm cov cuab yeej ntsuas, khiav tag nrho plaub qhov kev xeem. Peb pib nrog UL's 3DMark, thawj zaug sim siv cov duab dav dav nrog Night Raid, thiab tom qab ntawd thawb cov duab nyuaj nrog Time Spy, uas yog qhov zoo dua rau GPUs muaj zog. Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm GFXBench 5.0, sim OpenGL muaj peev xwm. Lawv khiav offscreen kom tso cai rau kev daws teeb meem sib txawv.

LG Gram 17 tau nruab nrog Intel Iris Xe cov duab es tsis txhob muaj zog GPUs ntau dua koj yuav pom ntawm gaming-oriented 17-nti tshuab, tab sis nws tseem muaj ntau cov leeg rau cov neeg siv niaj hnub, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog piv nrog Core i5-powered systems uas. siv lub peev xwm tsawg dua Intel UHD Graphics daws teeb meem.

Thaum kawg, peb saib cov roj teeb lub neej. Thaum portability tso siab rau ntau npaum li cas ntawm lub neej ntev ntawm lub roj teeb them raws li nws ua lub teeb yuag, lub roj teeb lub neej ntev yog qhov yuav tsum muaj. Txhawm rau kuaj Gram 17, peb siv peb cov qauv roj teeb ua haujlwm, ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau) nrog cov zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100% kom txog thaum lub kaw lus tawm. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua.

Nrog tsuas yog 20 teev ntawm lub roj teeb lub neej, Gram 17 muaj kev ua haujlwm zoo txhua hnub, nrog ntau lub roj teeb txaus kom tau txais koj los ntawm ib hnub ua haujlwm yam tsis nqa lub charger nrog. Nws yog ib qho kev txhim kho tshaj 2021 Gram 17, yuav yog vim kev txhim kho ntawm Intel's 12th Gen processor, tab sis nws kuj tseem ntau dua ob npaug ntawm qhov koj yuav tau txais los ntawm cov neeg sib tw xws li Acer Nitro 5 lossis Dell Inspiron 17 3000, uas tsis yog. txawm mus txog 8 teev.

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Kev Txiav Txim: Lub teeb, Tab sis Tsis Muaj Lub Teeb

Cov ntsiab lus muag loj tshaj plaws ntawm LG Gram 17 yog qhov pom tseeb: featherweight tsim ua ke nrog 17-nti zaub. Lawv ua rau nws tsis tshua muaj 17-nti laptop uas tseem tsim nyog ua ib qho ultraportable. Qhov ntawd txaus kom khwv tau xyoo dhau los tus qauv zoo tshaj plaws, tseem 2022 LG Gram 17 tau rov qab los nrog ntau dua los muab.

Tshiab Intel kho vajtse txhais tau hais tias kev ua tau zoo dua thiab roj teeb lub neej ntev dua, thaum cov yam ntxwv tshiab zoo li 1080p webcam thiab Windows Hello lub ntsej muag lees paub ua rau nws yooj yim dua rau kev ruaj ntseg koj txoj haujlwm. Thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Gram 17 tsis hloov pauv, los ntawm kev tsim kho carbon-magnesium alloy mus rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws 17-nti zaub.

Nws yog lub khoos phis tawj uas xa tawm ntawm txhua qhov pem hauv ntej, nrog rau kev ua tau zoo thiab kev siv tau zoo, tag nrho cov qhwv nyob rau hauv ib tug ruaj khov tsis tau super-portable tsim. Nws yog me ntsis kim dua nyob rau lub sijhawm no, tab sis nws tseem yog peb qhov kev xaiv saum toj kawg nkaus rau lub hom phiaj loj ntawm lub khoos phis tawj.